Hi, Kayla - One of my friends is vegetarian and Fast-5ing. Now, he uses a lot of eggs and whey protein which of course wouldn't translate into a vegan lifestyle, but we talked about this the other day at work, thinking about how you could be more reliant on soy protein and tofu as good alternate protein sources. he also is very reliant on beans and hummus, and gets a lot of vegetable fat from things like olive oil, avocados and nuts. I don't think it's a huge issue in terms of adjusting fasting habits (the fast5 plan is painfully simple in that respect, LOL), but one of the big ones in my opinion is the same for someone with a traditional omvivorous diet -- if you get set in a pattern and don't create a lot of variety for yourself, you run the risk of creating a deficit in nutrients based on your food choices. As long as you're creative and can look at your diet with a sense of play instead of a chore, there's nothing stoppping you from creating something healthy and workable for you. See, here's the thing for me with the whole low carb thing -- I feel that a lot of the time folks are missing the point of Fast5, which is that it's not about needing to eliminate any food group, or do low-carb. Sure, you can incorporate it, but that's not the point to me. Low carb is designed to regulate your blood sugar / insulin / leptin levels, and Fast5 already does that regardless of your food choices during your intake window. For me personally it's a very simple process: 1. Eat for no more than five hours during the day. If you have to break your fast early for a party, work meeting, social lunch, etc - then consider your window open for that day and stretch out your fast the next day to your normal window. if you exceed a 19 hour fast by a portion of a waking day it's just not a big deal. 2. Create a goal weight for yourself and multiply it by ten. Don't exceed that number of calories in any given day. 3. If you engage in vigorous exercise more than two full hours a week, multiply your goal weight by 11 instead of ten to get your daily calories. If you're doing 5 or 6 (or more) hours of vigorous exercise, add 1 to your multiplier for every additional hour. 4. Stop stressing about your diet! To me this is the joy of Fast 5. The reason this works for me is because, plain and simple, after being fat for my entire adult life, I'm tired of diverting so much of my energy into thinking about what I can and cannot eat. I'm not fat anymore. It works and if I exceed my calorie count today, I'll cut back tomorrow. Simple! Hope that helps! Phil --- On Sun, 10/11/09, Kayla <anusarabetty@yahoo.com> wrote:
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